单选题 Sodium (钠) is a key component of salt. Eating too much of it can     27    to high blood pressure, a major risk for most people as they age because it can lead to heart disease and other health problems. But cutting sodium from the diet is difficult, mainly because people often don't know it's there. More than three-quarters of the sodium people     28    comes from processed and restaurant foods. And much of the sodium we eat is in foods that don't     29    taste salty, like packaged bread and chicken dishes. Salt is the latest front in the battle to get Americans to eat a healthier diet.     30    efforts have focused on cutting down on sugar, to fight against obesity, and reducing fat, for a healthier heart. After four decades of unsuccessfully     31    Americans to cut salt in their diets only to see them eat more of it, government officials are intensifying their efforts. An advisory committee working on new US Dietary Guidelines, due to be released later this year by the federal government, recently recommended that all adults restrict their     32    of sodium to no more than 1500 milligrams a day,     33    to about two-thirds of a teaspoon of table salt, down from a current limit of 2300 milligrams for some people.
    The best way to reduce salt is to cut back on processed and restaurant foods, eat fresh produce, and reduce portion sizes. Nutritionists     34    eating whole grain instead of bread—a single slice of packaged bread can contain 150 milligrams to 200 milligrams or more of sodium. Cut back gradually, so your palate (味觉) adjusts to a less salty taste. When you do buy artifactitious (人工制品的) foods, look for     35    with less than 300 milligrams of sodium per serving, or no more than one milligram of sodium per calorie of food, advised the Harvard School of Public Health, which has on its website 25 sodium-reduction     36    developed with the Culinary Institute of America.
    A. attribute
    B. consume
    C. contribute
    D. equivalent
    E. incidentally
    F. intake
    G. items
    H. necessarily
    I. output
    J. persuading
    K. Previous
    L. recommend
    M. Special
    N. steps
    O. strategies
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】动词辨析题。根据空格前的情态动词can可知,空格处应为动词原形。根据句中的too much和risk推断,本句说明摄入过多钠产生的负面影响,因此contribute“促成”符合题意。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,people和空格所填词构成定语从句修饰the sodium,因此空格处应填动词。根据句意推测,此处介绍人们摄入钠,因此只有consume“吃,喝”符合题意。
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【正确答案】H
【答案解析】副词辨析题。空格前为don't,后为taste salty,因此空格处应填副词。空格前提到含钠的食物,但根据句中的don't ______ taste salty可知,袋装面包和鸡肉菜肴等是没有咸味的。因此,necessarily“一定”符合题意,not necessarily表示“不一定”,说明含钠的食物吃起来不一定有咸味。
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【正确答案】K
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。根据该句结构,______ efforts应作句子的主语,因此空格处较有可能填形容词。本句介绍人们在减少钠摄入量方面所作出的努力,由句中的现在完成时态have focused on可知,所作出的努力为先前的努力,因此答案为Previous“先前的,以前的”。
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【正确答案】J
【答案解析】动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,空格处应填现在分词作状语。从句意上来看,让公众减少盐的摄入量是非政策性的举措,因此persuading“说服,劝服”符合题意。
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【正确答案】F
【答案解析】名词辨析题。空格前为物主代词their,后为介词短语of sodium,故空格处应填入名词。根据句中的1500 milligrams a day可知,本句谈的是政府对钠的摄入量的建议,因此intake“摄入量”符合题意。
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】形容词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,空格所在分句应为插入语,因此空格处应为形容词或动词的现在分词,且该词能与后面的介词to搭配。根据句意,此处进一步说明人们摄入钠的量,因此equivalent“等同的,相当的”符合题意。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】动词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,空格处应填一个动词作句子的谓语。空格后面句意为:吃全麦谷物而不吃面包,因为一片面包中含有150毫克到200毫克甚至更多的钠。由此可见,这应该是营养学家的建议,因此答案为recommend“建议”。
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【正确答案】G
【答案解析】名词辨析题。根据句子结构可知,空格处应填一个名词作look for的宾语。该句指出,购买加工食品时,尽量选择含钠量少的食品。结合空格前的artifactitious foods可知,此处进一步解释应该买什么样的加工食品,因此items“商品,物品”符合题意。
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】名词辨析题。根据句意和句子结构,空格后的过去分词developed作后置定语进一步解释说明空格所填词,因此空格处应填名词。本文主要介绍减少钠摄入量的方法,此处应该是指由美国厨艺研究所研究出来的25种减少钠摄入量的方法或措施,因此strategies“计谋,策略”符合题意。